, 1887-09-15

some hungry thief or other stole
monster Dobelli's dog last night A re-
ward o. loaf OF bread is offered for his
safe return. II the thief is afraid to
meet the dire vengeance of the irate
owner, heean leave the dog at the tin
shop of the silent man on the corner and
take a ticket for the bread. Dogs are SO
scarce in this town it is no wonder the
MonsieuT's BlenhIem Spaniel was cap
tured.
Saws and hammers and farming tools
are busy on the vacant lot opposite our
sanctum, where an energetic and indus
trious body of carpenters are busy franz
ing out preparing the wood work for the
new block now building on Water street.
We like to hear the busy hum as it re-
minds Us that as soon as that pile of
lumber disappears, the next order of
business will be the fence to enclose the
county property and the much needed
sidewalk. Then pedestrian eau start
from johnny Norris corner and walk IL
bee line to the Opera House without
danger of falling and breaking ones
neck as at present. Let the good work
go on.
w. FL. Fl. Learned, onr gay and fes-
tive auctioneer, returned yesterday from
Seattle, having been to Tacoma to place
his daughter in the Annie Wright Semi
nary. While in Seattle Mr.. Learned
took in the sights of the Queen City and
thinks that the exhibition of the Saliva
ton Army is the biggest circus he ever
attended. The principal performance
consists in yelling hailelujah as loud as
the congregation can, beating tambo-
rines and triangles, and an occasional
symphony of jews harps. We would
like that crowd to come here and give
one of their hallelujah choruses on the
SPOT where the University was to have
been built; they would draw bigger
crowd than assembled on that bluff on
Pioneers day, and it would be a fitting
played on the Port Townsend people.
Mr.. E Il. Cole, formerly Agent of the
Coast Seamen's Union, who left here for
Buenos Ayres on the sBr- bark Carrie
Delap. arrived in New York as first
officer of that vessel on Aug. Both from
Bahia, Brazil. In letter to his friend
Mr.. j. G. Swan Mr.. Cole writes: 1--WE
arrived here on Saturday, Aug. 9th, 30
days from Bahia, a very good passage
for this time of the year, and at present
are at anchor off Red Hook; about one
mile s E by s from the Statue OF the
Goddess of Liberty, and have a splendid
chance to examine it with the glasses.
Its height should judge to be about
260 feet from the base to the torch, and
it is as life like as can be. The features
are true to life, so also is the form. At
night the light is SO placid that it shines
down. illuminating the figure below the
waist and leaving the upper portion in
darkness. 1t tends to remind Que OF
the supernatural. In my opinion it is
the grandest piece of monumental work.
manship on the face OF the earth, and the
famed Collossas Of Rhodes was but a
pigmy compared to it. The statute OF
Nelson with its bas relief in Trafalgar
Square, London. is not equal to it by
long odds, nor the monument IN the
Black House Square in Lisbon. They
are the finest pieces of work l have seen
in my travels, but Liberty is the grand
est of them all. On the voyage from
Bahia to New York the Carrie DeLap
got rough shaking up in hurricane
off Bermuda. The sea rose and fell like
the boiling of pot and came near roll
ing the masts out of the bark. B >. she
got through all safe and will discharge
Ter cargo of sugar in New York